The Flash
#114
(August 1960)
DC,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of January, April, July and October
- On-sale Date
- 1960-06-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Big Freeze!
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]
- Reprints
-
in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([May] 2000), #2 ([May] 2000) - in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #3 ([October] 2012)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Big Freeze!
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Reporter Monte Throop (mentioned); Parole Board; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Captain Cold breaks out of jail and proposes to Iris West, after turning everyone in the city into frozen statues.
- Reprints
- in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #8 (June-July 1973)
- in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([May] 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #3 ([October] 2012)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
- in DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Fleet-Footed Pronghorn
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Synopsis
- Facts about an antelope.
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- Superman advises two boys to welcome war refugees like Sandor. Commemorates the United Nations World Refugee Year.
Indexer Notes
Credits from other GCD indexes of same Public Service Announcement.
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Speeds! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The human nervous system carries messages...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Facts about the human nervous system, Neptune, baseball and reaction times.
- Reprints
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #193 (December 1969) which is reprinted
-
Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!
Giant Superman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for Giant Superman Annual, on sale June 23rd.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams / letters page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Letters from Claire Hergen, Paul Hays, Ronnie Zodda, Mitchell Weisberg, Fred Blosser and Alan Holzman.
King of the Beatniks!
Kid Flash / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kid Flash [Wally West]; Principal Mr. Mason; Teacher Miss Linda Grant; Student James King; Beatnik Gang [Cousin Paul King; Big Daddy] (villains)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy King, one of Wally's classmates, runs away after being accused of cheating. He meets up with his cousin, who is one of the members of the Beatnik Gang, and it's up to Kid Flash to rescue him and stop the Gang.
- Reprints
-
in Top Comics Blitzmann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #100 - in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #160 (April 1966) which is reprinted
-
in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #4/1967 ([april] 1967) -
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #18 (juillet 1974) [N&B [B&W]] - in The Flash Archives (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([May] 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: The Flash (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in The Flash Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #3 ([October] 2012)
- in The Flash Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) #1 ([November] 2014)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in The Flash: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2018 [February 2019])
-
in [no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Big Freeze!
The Flash -
1.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books -
2.
The Big Freeze!
The Flash -
3.
Fleet-Footed Pronghorn
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps -
5.
Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"
Superman -
6.
["The human nervous system carries messages..."]
Amazing Speeds! -
7.
Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!
Giant Superman Annual -
8.
[no title indexed]
Flash-Grams -
9.
King of the Beatniks!
Kid Flash -
10.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
12.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
13.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
14.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
15.
[no title indexed]
Midwest Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- John Brichetto
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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